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PUBLISHED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY Volume 14, Number 18 September 18, 1972 2 Ships Offshore, Another Coming Home The Esso Houston left Reserve, Louisiana, on July 16 loaded with 63,000 tons of wheat for discharge at Karachi, Pakistan. The vessel made an intermediate stop in Trinidad for bunkers. On August 21, she arrived in Karachi and lay at anchor for about a week until a labor strike was settled. She was then lightened to 32 feet salt water and docked September 10 to discharge her remaining cargo. On completion of discharge, it is contemplated that the vessel will load crude in the Arabian Gulf for discharge U.S. East Coast or U.S. Gulf Coast. The Esso Seattle, on out charter to the Military Sealift Command, arrived in Yokosuka, Japan, on August 12 to discharge JP4. On August 14 she sailed to Singapore for repairs. She left Singapore on September 1, arriving at Ras Tanura on September 10 where she loaded JP4 for discharge in Guam about September 28. The Esso Miami is also in grain service. Starting on July 1 she loaded a part cargo of corn at Albany and completed loading in Philadelphia on July 8 and 9. She sailed for Inchon, Korea, on July 10 and arrived there on August 9. She left Inchon on September 5 for her return to the United States. He's A Sailor At Heart, Even On Paid Leaves For Earl Schubert, 3rd assistant engineer, paid leave means re turning to the sea--at least, for part of the time. He lives in a boat--not a house boat, but a 40-foot cutter that he currently sails in the Chesapeake Bay. His home port is a marina at Galesville, Maryland, about 40 miles east of Washington, D. C. The cutter has a wooden hull, a 58 foot mast, and a 25 horse power engine to get her in and out of port. In addition to stand- (See SCHUBERT, page 4) Notify Marine If You Change Your Address Ed Fischer of Benefits & Claims asks annuitants to notify his office immediately when they change their address. He will then notify the appropriate departments to make certain that annuity checks, Esso Fleet News, and other im portant company mail will be sent to the correct addresses and avoid delays. Also keep his office informed of any change in your dependent status which would affect your hospitalization cover age or premiums, or which would call for you to execute new bene ficiary designations. Last Lost-Time Injury In The Ocean Fleet-July ? IWW-March 24 Branch Managers Gather For Fall Meeting MANAGERS FROM the various Marine Department branch offices met in Clear Lake City, Texas, on August 28, 29, and 30 to review the status of their 1972 operating goals with headquarters Marine Department man agers and others concerned with the department's operations. The meet ing also gave the headquarters managers an opportunity to review over all operating and administrative problems as they apply to branch activities. Those attending the meeting were, front row, from the left: Jack W. Bennett, Al Giallorenzi, and Sam V. Gardner, branch managers from Boston, New York, and Baton Rouge, respectively; Sydney Wire, Emmett A. Humble, and F. Ames Smith, headquarters Marine Depart ment; and Lawrence Roth, branch manager, San Francisco. In the back row, from the left, are: R. T. Williams, branch manager, Baltimore; Dick H. Gregg, headquarters Law Department; Stanley B. Haas, branch man ager, Baytown; E. W. McNeil, Jr., W. F. Atwood, and Roger R. Hemminghaus, headquarters Marine Department; and John A. Sachs, branch manager, Port Everglades. TAFFRA1L TALK Rope Elevator This Ship Has Its Own "Orchestra Pit" THANKS TO THE MUSICAL AVOCATION of Captain Roger Steward, the Esso Baton Rouge may be the only tanker afloat with her own orchestra. About six months ago he had a large crate containing an electronic organ kit loaded aboard and, with the technical expertise of Radio Of ficer Carl W. Thenemann, assem bled the kit in the master's office, now known as the ship's "orches tra pit." Captain Steward says he finds it "relaxing to play in the eve nings before I go to bed." Few of the officers and crew of the Baton Rouge have heard him play, however, and some were unaware that an organ was aboard ship. "I don't lean too hard on the loud notes," explained Captain Steward. Music has always interested him, he reports in explaining the presence of the imposing organ resting grandly against a bulk head. When the captain was a Electronic organ, in ship's "orchestra pit," secured for rough weather. youngster--"a couple of years ago"--he flirted briefly with the a maestro. Now, on quiet evenings idea of becoming a musician, at sea, the musically inclined Cap taking up the piano in pursuit of tain Steward returns to his youth the avocation. But he went to sea ful ambitions as the Baton Rouge and became a master instead of sails the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Key West Called "Paradise For The Gourmet" THE COMMERCIAL FISHING BOATS of Key West, Florida, have provided plenty of seafood to whet the appetite of any gourmet in search of eating pleasure. Captain James D. Lawton, master in the Esso Lima, reports that Key West is "a paradise for the gourmet" where "turtle steak, conch bisque, and most any kind of salt water fish you desire" is in / ready supply. "For the crustacean - fancier, Florida lobster, shrimp, and crab" are always available. Captain Lawton had a chance recently to sample the city's fam ous seafood when the Esso Lima berthed in Key West to discharge K ' fefel. jet fuel for the US Navy. Says the master: "Other than to anchor here in 1942 to form convoy in World War II, I have never made a trip here with cargo. I wonder how many men in the fleet have?" Sounds as if Captain Lawton won't be waiting 30 more years to return. RADIO OFFICER Clifford L. Bene dict assures us that Chief Mate Frank Stoddard "is not demon strating an Alaskan King Crab trap." Instead, "he is taking the elevator from the deck of the Esso Newark to the loading plat form." Chief Mate Stoddard is smiling because "the temperature got all the way up to 55 degrees on this summer day as the Esso Newark berthed recently at Drift River, Alaska." Page 2 Esso Fleet News | Retirements | SYLVESTER WUELLER, 1st as sistant engineer, retired on July 1. "I plan to spend a few months around the house (Massapequa Park, New York) catching up on the work that has to be done," he said. Mr. Wueller and his wife also plan to spend some time with his stepson and his family who have a 24-foot boat and like to fish. "I like landscaping and I want to try my hand at this, also," he said. The retired 1st assistant began his seagoing career in Oc tober, 1940, as fireman in the F. Q. Barstow. He became fireman-watertender in the E. T. Bed ford in September, 1941; oiler in the Esso Bayonne in November, 1944; junior 3rd assistant in the Esso Roanoke in August, 1945; and 2nd assistant in the Esso Baltimore (1) later that same year. He sailed as 1st assistant in the Esso Binghamton in June, 1951. His first assignment as chief engi neer was in the Esso Miami in October, 1965. His last ship was the Esso Gettysburg. FAREWELLS were said to Chief Engineer and Mrs. Vindenes and 1st Assistant1 Engineer and Mrs. Sylvester Weuller at a retirement luncheon in Bayonne, New Jersey, last month. The two shorebound gentlemen of the sea also completed 30 years of service with the company and received anniversary, watches to keepi track of those golden years of retirement. "| NILS VINDENES, retired on Au gust 1 with the rating of chief engineer. Now that he is retired Mr. Vindenes plans to make some repairs on his house in New City, New York. "I also would like to do some traveling and try my luck at renting our cottage which my wife and I bought some time ago." Nils Vindenes joined the fleet in July, 1941, as OS in the J.A. Moffett, Jr. He advanced through the positions of wiper, store keeper, and oiler while serving in the same ship. In February, 1944, he became 3rd assistant engineer in the Esso Concord; 2nd assis tant engineer in the A.C. Bedford in January, 1945; and first assis tant engineer in the Esso New Orleans (1) in December, 1946. In December, 1948, he sailed in the Esso New Orleans (1) as chief engineer. He sailed in this capac ity in various company vessels until his retirement. A DOUBLE RETIREMENT CEREMONY was held in the Esso Lima at sea on June 14. The honorees were Ling Ah Tay, UM, and James S. Brown, AB. Mr. Tay's retirement was effective July 1 and Mr. Brown retired September 1. Both men were presented cash awards, and cake and coffee were served. In the picture, from the left, are: Mr. Brown, Alex ander M. Tepper, chief cook who baked the cake; and Mr. Tay. Mr. Brown began his seagoing career in 1951 as deck maintenance man in the Esso Augusta. He sailed in unlicensed deck capacities in various vessels. He lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. Tay began his career in 1951 as UM in the Esso Aruba and served in this capacity in various vessels during his entire career. He lives in Long Island. Several ship mates remarked that Mr. Tay's retirement also meant the loss of an expert barber in the fleet. Page 3 i L COPIFO FHOM THE COLLECTIONS IN THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN HISTl THE UNIVERSITY O P T F Y a c a t a iic t im I SCHUBERT, from page 1 j ard sailing equipment for such a craft, the vessel has a fatho meter, a radio direction finder, and a radiotelephone. She also has a galley, a head, and easily sleeps up to four passengers. "Some of my shipmates wonder why I spend my paid leaves on the water, especially after a long work period in a tanker," Earl says. "Well, maybe it's because I grew up near the water. I got my first sailboat when I was 8. I learned seamanship pretty early and I feel at home on the water. Also, I like the freedom that comes with hauling in the anchor when I want to and setting a course for some other location-- whether it's New York, Massachu setts, or Virginia. Although the Archangel, named by one of her previous owners, is 25 years old, she has been carefully maintained and is very seaworthy, Earl ex plains. "Sometimes I have to de lay a voyage until I can find a three-man crew to help me. "I think that one of the best benefits of all is that I love sail ing and having my own boat gives me something to really look for ward to when I go on paid leave. I always have something that I like to do--whether it's making improvements to her hull or en gine, or simply enjoying sailing with friends," he explained. Earl traded a smaller boat in on the Archangel about three years ago. She was previously owned by a TV producer who sailed her on the West Coast and to such places as the West In dies and Bermuda. She later tran sited the Panama Canal to New York where Earl purchased her from a yacht broker in Long Is land. Although most of Earl's sail ing experience with the Archangel has been in Long Island Sound, with side trips to as far north as Maine and as far south as Nor folk, Virginia, he sailed her re cently to her current port in the Chesapeake Bay from where he plans to sail her to Florida during his next paid leave. "I have my Earl Schubert checks the anchor rope that helps secure the Archangel about 200 feet offshore at the marina where he currently ties up. eye on a shipmate or two whom I hope to convert to sailboat sail ors so that they can be part of my crew on this next voyage," he said. Earl, a Kings Point graduate, also has a brother in King Point. "When he graduates, we plan to buy a larger boat and make longer voyages--if one or the other of us doesn't get married," Earl said. In the meantime, the persona ble young 3rd assistant continues to spend his paid leaves in the Archangel, making only occa sional brief trips ashore for en tertainment, to stock up on food and other supplies, and to stay briefly at his parent's home in nearby Silver Springs, Maryland, for a luxurious shower and a taste of Mom's home cooking. When Earl is performing his duties in the engineroom of a company tanker at sea, a friend who lives in a boat nearby the Archangel watches after her, starting her engine periodically, checking her moorings, and in specting her for leaks. Earl at the wheel. ESSO FLEET NEWS is published every other Monday for active and retired em ployees of the Marine Department, Humble Oil & Refining Co.; Emmett A. Humble. General Manager; Sydney Wire. Assistant General Manager. GENE LEGLER..........................................Editor Page 4 Esso Fleet Mews